Furring clip



Sept. 3, 1935. Y lNGLEE I 2,013,101;

FURRING CLIP Filed March 30, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet .1

INVENTOR 0 l u I i510 ATTORNEY Sept. 3, 1935. lNGLEE. 2,013,101

FURRING CLIP Filed March 30, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTO lazy: I K

ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 3, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FURRING CLIPLewis Inglee, Amityville, N. Y.

Application March 30, 1934, Serial No. 118,131 25 Claims. (o1. 72-101)My invention relates to furring clips and refers particularly to furringclips such as are employed for supporting the interior lathing in spacedrelation from a brick or similar masonry wall.

In the usual or common practice the back face of the furring strip is incontact with the face of the wall with the plaster in contact with thefront face of the furring strips. Most commonly these furring strips areof wood, although metal furring strips have also been used.-

When wood furring strips are used in this manner they absorb moisturethrough the wall and convey it to the plaster. The dampness in thefurring strips has a tendency to cause them to decay while the dampnessin the plaster has a tendency to weaken it. Also the resultant expansionand contraction of wood furring strips thus installed is likely to crackthe plaster.

When metal furring strips have been used in contact with the face of thewall, they have a tendency to collect moisture on their surfaces, andsuch moisture is likely to be transmitted to the plaster. Attempts haveheretofore been made to overcome the above mentioned defects in buildingconstruction. It has been extremely difficult to secure such furringclips in the wall in vertical alignment with a vertical furring strip tobe attached thereto. Also such furring clips have had a spacing portionwhich projects from the inner side of the' wall. These projecting endscatch upon the clothing of workmen and also are liable to be struck andbent by pieces of scaffold- Also commonly in the usual practiceheretofore the furring clips employed have compelled the furring stripscarried thereby to be bent more or less so as to follow the usualinequalities or unevennesses in the inner surface of the wall.

The furring clip of my invention overcomes the above mentioned and otherobjectionable features incident to the present employed and heretoforeproposed methods of building construction in which furring clips or thelike are employed. I

The furring clip of my invention is capable of supporting eithervertical or horizontal furring strips of either wood or metal in spacedrelation from the inner face of the masonry wall. Also it is adaptedthus to support the furring strips in a true plane in that it providesadjustment for this purpose. Also in the furring clip of my inventionlateral adjustment is provided by reason of which the parts-of theseclips which are anchored in the wall are not required to be in directvertical alignment in a series of these clips for supporting a verticalfurring strip.

The furring clip is adapted to be anchored in the wall when the latteris' built without having any portion which projects from the inner face5 of this wall. Such clip is constructed in two parts with the partthereof-which is to support the furring strip'adapted to be easily andquickly subsequently attached to the anchor part thereof which haspreviously been embedded in the mortar of the wall.

Furthermore, the anchor part of my furring clip has engagement with boththe inner or exposed face of a brick or the like and with the oppositeface thereof which is concealed within the wall, such engagement beingresilient and thus automatically self-adjusting to bricks or the like ofmore or less different dimensions. Such an inner or backup .wallcommonly consists of ordinary bricks which vary considerably in size.

The furring clip of my invention may be easily and economically formedfrom fiat sheet metal by substantially usual pressing or stampingoperations, Also a modified form thereof may be readily constructed fromsuitable wire by means of wire-bending operations substantially similarH to those for which wire-bending machines are extensively employed inmanufacturing various kinds of devices. 1

In the accompanying drawings illustrating 30 modified forms of myinvention similar parts are designated by similar numerals.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a twopart sheet metal furringclip of my invention anv chored to 'an uncompleted brick wall, and with35 the furring clip arranged f supporting a vertical furring strip. I

Figure 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, showing thewall as continued upward. v 40 Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1showing the furring clip as arranged for supporting a horizontal furringstrip.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to Figure 1illustrating a metal furring strip as supported by the same furringclip.

Figure 5 is a similar view further showing an extension member which isto be employed where greater spacing of the furring strip from the wallis desired.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the anchor member alone of thecomplete two-part furring clip.

Figure 7 is 'a similar view of the unattached clip member which whenattached to the anchor member, as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, isadapted to hold a furring strip.

Figure 8 is a partial horizontal section on the line 88 of Figure 2 andfurther showing the extension member of Figure 5 as being similarlyattached as well as also further showing another similar extensionmember as installed to exten at one side in a lateral direction.

Figure 9 is a vertical section on the line 99 p furring strip whenattached to the anchor member as shown in Figures 10 and 11.

One form of the two-part furring clip of my invention is illustrated inFigures 1 to 9 inclusire of the accompanying drawings. This form of myfurring clip is constructed from suitable sheet metal, such as steel,and comprises two main parts or members A and B of which the member Bhas a connectible relation with the member A. In Figures 1, 2 and 3 theclip as a whole is shown'as installed upon a usual form of brick wallcomprising the inner tier of bricks I-| and the next outer tier ofbricks 2-2 with interposed horizontal and vertical layers 33 of mortar.

The part A is an anchor member or brick clamp in the form of a suitablybent strip of sheet metal. This anchor member has a straight flat bodyportion 4, shown as provided with apertures 5-5, for the bonding thereinof the mortar 3. The body 4 terminates outwardly in a downwardly andinwardly curved claw-like spring clamp arm 6, which is shown in Figures1 and 2 as embedded in the mortar 3, between two adjacent bricks i and2. At its inner end the body 4 has a downturned spring bow I, followedby a crimp which forms a small transverse ridge 8 which turns oppositelyto the bow I and below which. there is a straight fiat downwardlyextending resiliently carried clamping arm 9 substantially at rightangles to the body 4, the lower end of this arm 9 being reversely turnedon a curve towards the adjacent brick l and upwardly in the form of ahook III which thereby provides an upwardly-cpening groove.

During the building or laying up of the wall, the spring clamp member Amay be readily pushed downover a brick I, with its body portion 4 lyingflat thereon, as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, with the upturned hook onthe lower end of its curved spring arm 6 clamping against the outer orconcealed face of this brick and with the upturned hook ID of the innerarm 8 clamping against the then exposed inner face of this brick I. Thusthis brick-clamping anchor member A becomes automatically resilientlyadjusted to the width of a brick l For each one of any number ofverticalfurring strips, such as H in Figure 1, any desired number of theseanchor members'A are thus built into the wall in desired spaced relationone above another in a substantially vertical series, while for eachhorizontal furring strip, such as strip l2 in Figure 3, these anchormembers A are similarly arranged in suitably spaced relation at the samelevel to form a horizontal series thereof.

The clip member B is to be later mounted upon the anchor member A,beingdisposed in one position thereon for holding a vertical furringstrip such as It in Figure 1 and being disposed in another positionthereon for holding a horizontal furring strip such as l2 in Figure 3.This clip member B is formed from a sheet metal strip of somewhatgreater width than the strip from which the anchor member A is formed.This clip member B is in general of a U-shapc comprising a flat centralweb portion l3 and similar parallel inwardly projecting flat arms i4-l4.

The flat intermediate body portion 13 of this clip member B is providedwith a plurality of outer rounded humps or bumps Iii-I5 which are formedby indenting the sheet metal outwardly, these bumps l5--l5 being shownas four in number arranged in rectangular relation. Flat prongs ortongues l6|6 extend in alignment toward each other from the respectiveside arms i l-id parallel with and in inwardly spaced relation from theback portion 13.

The prongs l6-l6 are punched out from the sheet metal strip and leaveslotted openings ll-l'l which extend partly into the arms l l| l andpartly into the back l3. The width of these openings i'I-II is only veryslightly greater than the width of the anchor member A, for a purposewhich will be described later. I 4-l 4 is similarly provided with aplurality of perforations Iii-l8. These perforations Iii-l8 extendthroughout the length of the side arms M-M and are shown as arranged inupper and lower rows.

When the time comes for furring the building, at some later period afterits walls have been erected, then the clip members B are to be attachedto or mounted upon the anchor members A which as above described werebuilt into the wall at the time of its erection. In doing this the backor intermediate body portion it of the clip member may be readilysnapped into place at the back of the downwardly extending hanger arm 9of the anchor member. This fiat body portion i3 is moved upwardly at theback of the rounded hook ill and positioned with the lower edge of thebody l3 'resting in the groove formed by this hook. The arm 9 springsback into fiat engagement with the inner face of the body IS with thebumps l5l 5 firmly pressed against the inner face of the adjacent brickl as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 8 of the drawings. The above mentionedridge 8 is of convenience in thus positioning the clip member B upon theanchor member A.

For holding a vertical furring strip the clip member Bis thus snappedinto place and mounted with its two arms l4--|4 projecting in horizontalalignment with each other as shown in Figure 1. For holding a horizontalfurring strip the clip member B is disposed as shown in Figure 3 withits two side arms i4l4 then projecting inwardly in vertical alignmentwith each other. The arm 9 of the anchor member A then passes throughone of the slots l1ll while the hook It) then engages with the loweredge of the body l3 which is there formed by the other slot IT.

The furring strips I I and i2 shown in Figures 1 and 3 are usual squarewood strips of about 2 by 2 inches and may be of any length determinedby the particular installation. These furring strips such as H and I2are received between the arms ld-M and may if desired abut against theinturned prongs l6|6. These prongs form abutments which prevent thefurring strip from being Each of the arms brought closer to the innerface of the wall and thus provide a fixed minimum amount of spacing ofthese strips from the wall. However, the furring strips may be adjustedoutwardly from the wall to a considerably greater extent if s; desired.In any case the furring strips are positioned and securely held in placeby means of nails I9-l0 drivn into them through the perforations I8-I8in the arms I l-I4.

By reason of the above mentioned adjustment of the furring strip whichis provided by the perforated arms I4-l4 it will be evident that afurring strip such as l I may be made plumb regardless of inequalitiesor undulating variations in the face of the wall such as commonly occur.This is similarly true'in a horizontal direction with respect to ahorizontal furring strip such as I2 in Figure3. y

In accordance with my invention it is not required that the anchormembers A in a vertical series thereof shall be in a straight line. Itis to be noted in this connection and as will be clear from the drawingsparticularly Figures 1, 2, 8 and 9, that the clip member B whichsupports the furring strip H may be shifted horizontally or adjustedlaterally upon the arm 9 of the anchor member A. While in the drawingsthe middle or central part of the clip body I3 is shown as in engagementwith the arm 9, this body l3 may he slid horizontally or shiftedlaterally in either direction tran versely of the arm 9 to the fullextent permitted by the clip arms l4, I4. Such adjustment may beeffected merely by tapping them with a hammer. This lateraladjustability of the clip members B'obviously provides for bringing allof them into straight. or vertical alignment without the necessity ofhaving the anchor members A thus aligned.

The furring clip of my invention provides for adjustably holding notonly Wood furring strips as above mentioned but also it is equally welladapted for substantially similarly adjustabiy holding metal furringstrips. This is illustrated in Figure 4, in which a metal furring strip20 is shown as positioned between the arms I4-l4 of the clip member B,where it is retained in place by means of a pin 2i passing through theperforations l8-l0 at the outer side or back of this furring strip, thispin thus serving to space the metal furring strip inwardly from the faceof the wall more or less as desired.

This metal furring strip 20 is retained in place between the arms i l-l4and in'abutting relation against the pin M by means of a loop or bail 22shown as formed in the same piece with the pin 2i and as in engagementwith the inner side of the strip 20. This strip-retaining bail 22 isheld against the strip 20 by means of a book 23 formed thereon and inreleasable engagement with the projecting end portion of the pin M. Itis obvious that the channel-shaped metal strip 20 shown could, if sodesired, be disposed in a different position, for example, itsfiangesmight extend in the reverse direction to that shown. It is alsoobvious that a cylindrical metal furring strip, such as a pipe or rod,could be held in place on the arms l4-I4 in a substantially similar way.

The furring clip of my invention embodiesa further feature which amongother advantages provides for increased spacing of the furring stripsand hence the lathing and plaster from the wall to a considerable extentover that provided by means of the clip arms l4-l4 with theirnailreceiving or pin-receiving perforations lB-l0.

This further feature of my furring clip is illustrated in Figures 5 and8.

A substantially U-shaped extension member C is provided for the clipmember B to be mounted thereon to form an inward-extension thereof asshown in Figure 5 and in the lower part of Figure 8. This extensionmember C is made from a single piece of sheet metal similarly in thatrespect to the clip member B. This extension member C has a pair ofinwardly projecting spaced parallel side arms 24-24 which are united bymeans of a fiat yoke portion 25'. The arms 24-24 are of shallow channelshape, each of these arms being provided with laterally outer upper andlower right-angular flanges 26-26.

This extension member C is adapted to telescope between the arms l4-l4of the clip member B with the arms 24-24 then in sliding engagement withthe opposed inner faces of the arms l4-I4 and with the flanges 26-26 inslidable engagement respectively with the upper and lower edges of thearms l4-l4. These arms 24-24 of the extension member C are provided eachwith an upper and lower row or series of perforations 21-21 which areadapted to be brought into registering alignment with the perforationsl8-l0 in the arms l4-I4 of the clip member B. A retaining pin 28 ispassed through such registering perforations l8-I8 and 21-21 as shown inFigures 5 and 8 and thereby secures the extension member C rigidly inplace upon the clip member B.

The flat yoke portion 25 of this extension member C is also providedwith a plurality of perforations 29-29 and is further provided withlaterally opposed outwardly struck hook elements 30-30. Theseperforations 29-29 and opposed hooks 30-30 serve a purpose which will bedescribed later.

In Figure 5 a metal furring strip '3! is shown as maintained at adesired adjusted position between the outer end portions of the arms24-24 by means of a. pin 2|, its loop 22 and retaining hook 23, in thatrespect similar to the construction described with reference to Figure4. It is obvious that a wood furring strip could be secured between thearms 24-24 of the extension member C in the same manner as is shown inFigure 1 with the clip member B.

Additional spacing provided by means of the extension member 0, providesfor the accommodation of pipes, conduits and the like.

As shown in Figures 8 and 9 the above mentioned hook elements 30-30 ofan extension member C are engaged with one of the side arms M of theclip member B with this extension -member C thus having its arms 20-20extendextension member C may then be fixed against shitting movement bymeans of a pin 32 passed through a perforation 29 in its yoke portion 25and through aligned perforations I 8-H 0 in the arms l4-l4 of the clipmember B.

An extension member C may be thus advantageously employed in instanceswhere it is desired to make use of horizontal furring strips inconnection with vertical furring strips, as well as also when groundstrips are desired and in the corners of walls. It is evident that theextension member C'may be thus mounted upon either of the side arms|4-|4 of the clip member B, also that should occasion arise two of theextension members C-C may be employed with one of them mounted as abovedescribed upon each of the two side arms |4-|4 of the clip member B. Atthe same time an inwardly extending extension member C may be employedas shown in Figures 5 and 8 as above described, or this latter extensionmember C may be omitted, as determined by any particular requirement ofthe furring installation.

A modified form of the furring clip of my invention is illustrated inFigures 10 to 14 inclusive. This modification corresponds substantiallyto the above described form with reference -more particularly to Figures1, 2, 4, 6 and 7.

This modified form of my furring clip comprises two independent majorparts or elements D and E which are formed of suitably bent wires. Themember D is ananchor member or brick clamp while the member E is a clipmember for holding a furring strip and is adapted to be mounted upon andconnected to the anchor member D at some subsequent time after thelatter has been built into a wall, substantially in the same manner inthis respect as in the first described furring clip having the anchormember A and the clip member B.

The anchor member D is shown as formed from a single piece of wire. Thisanchor member D, at the middle of the wire of which it is composed, hasa short horizontal cross bar 33 carried by a pair of outwardly andupwardly turned hook elements 34-34 from which respectively a pair ofresiliently mounted straight parallel arms 35-35 extend upwardly. Thesearms 35-35 are resiliently carried by means of spring bows 36-36 whichbow inwardly and curve outwardly into a pair of straight parallelhorizontal body elements 31-31 which are disposed substantially at rightangles to the downwardly extended inner arms 35-35. The horizontallydisposed parallel bars formed by the two body elements 31-31 are curveddownwardly and inwardly into a pair of outer claw-like clamp arms 38-38respectively.

The clip member E is alsoformed from a. single piece of wire, therespective ends 39 and 40 of which are shown in the drawings. This clipmember E includes a substantially rectangular frame having an upper bar4|, a lower bar 42 and inwardly bowed end bars 43 and 44. This frame isprovided with a pair of vertical tie bars 45 and 46, the inner faces ofwhich are disposed flush with or in the same vertical plane with theinner faces of the upper and lower frame bars 4| and 42. These tie bars45 and 46 are brought into this flush or plane relation with the upperand lower horizontal bars 4| and 42 by means of outwardly indentedcrimps 41-41 formed in these latter bars 4| and 42.

The tie bars 45 and 46 are connected to the upper and lower bars 4| and42 by means of subrtantially similar outwardly turned eyes 48-48. Thelower two of these eyes 48-48 are shown as being connected together by abar 49 which is 'spaced somewhat above and parallel with the lower framebar 42. A straight horizontally extended spacing bar 50 to be engaged byand form a spacing abutment for a furring strip, is connected to theframe end bars 43 and 44 at an intermediate level by means of reverselyturned bight portions 5|-5| which pass outwardly around these end bars43 and 44.

The above described frame element of the clip member E is provided witha similar pair of horizontally spaced horizontal side arms which extendfreely inwardly in loop form from the frame end bars 43-44. Each ofthese arms is shown as having a straight upper bar 52 extended from oneof the bights 5| and as having a lower element 53 formed into ahorizontal series of circular eyes 54-54 immediately beneath its upperbar 52.

The anchor member D may be placed over a brick with the bars 31-31running across the upper face of this brick and with the lower ends ofits spring claw arms 38-38 in resilient engagement with the outer orrear face of such brick, while its front or inner cross bar 33, carriedby the hooks 34-34, is adapted to engage resilient y against the exposedinner face of this brick, substantially as shown in Figures 10 and 11.Later when furring strips are to be installed the clip member E is thenmounted upon the anchor member D. The clip member E is moved upwardybeycnd the cross bar 33 and the lower frame bar 42 is then brought intoengagement with the hooks 34-34, as clearly shown in Fig- Theresiliently carried arm's 35-35 pressing against the outer sides of theupper and lower frame bars 4| and 42 will cause the frame eyes Ill-=38to abut again t the inner vertical face of the brick I, so. that thusthe clip member E will be securely held in place on the anchor member Dand hence upon the wall. When the clip member E is thus mounted upon theanchor member D it may be readily adjusted horizontally in eitherlateral direction to the extent of such movement al owed between thebights or loops 5|-5| relative y t the arms 35-35. Thus a verticalseries of these furring clips may have their clip members E brought intoproper vertical alignment regardless of the fact that the anchor membersD may be more or less out of alignment.

Nails 55-55 may be conveniently driven through the eyes 54-54 into awood furring strip 58 for thereby securely holding the latter in placebetween the above described side arms of this clip member E and with thefurring strip 56 spaced inwardly away from the adjacent inner face ofthe wall by the cross bar 50 as shown in Figures 10 and 11, or in adifferent position of adjustment inward y from this cross bar 50 if sodesired or required. A metal furring strip 5'! may be similarly held bymeans of a. pin 2| having a securing loop and bail 22 provided with aretaining hook 23.

The operation of the above described furring clips of my invention is asfollows:-

It will now be clear that both vertical and horizontal furring strips ofeither wood or metal may be installed on the wall with all of theirinwardly exposed faces in flat alignment in the same vertical plane.Thus when the lathing,.such as the customary expanded metal lath, hasbeen secured on the furring strips to lie against these aligned surfacesthereof, the usual coats of plaster may be applied in an even thicknessto the lat-h and such plaster will then present an even fiat planefinish surface within the room. When required under any particularconditions one or more of the extension members C-C may be mounted uponthe clip member B to extend in a desired or in different directionstherefrom, as already described.

gagement with the bricks I--l thereof. While these anchor members do notproject nor extend inwardly beyond the inner face of the wall to asuflicientextent to catch upon anything or to be accidentally struck anddamaged, at the same time the inwardly exposed portions of such anchormembers are at all times clearly visible and thus may be easily locatedfor mounting the clip members B or E as the case may be thereon when thetime arrives for installing the furring strips,

such as H, I2, 20, 3|, 56 and 51 shown in the drawings, or othersuitable furring strips.

It will now be evident that the furring clips of my invention havenumerous advantages over the are given simply as a means for clearlydescribing my invention.

It is obvious that various modifications may be made in theconstructions shown in the drawings and above particularly described,within the principle and scope of my invention as defined in theappended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A furring clip comprising an anchor member in one piece having anuninterrupted extended element adapted to be embedded in the mortarbetween bricks or the like in a wall, said element having inner andouter opposed arms having an uninterrupted connection therewithrespectively at its opposite ends adapted to engage resilientlyrespectively with the opposite inner and outer faces of a brick, each ofsaid arms being resiliently yieldable in a direction away from the otherso that thereby said anchor member will be adapted to have a resilientgripping engagement with different bricks which may vary in width.

2. A furring clip comprising an anchor member having an extended elementadapted to be embedded in the mortar between bricks or the like in awall, said element having inner and outer opposed arms respectively atits opposite ends adapted to engage respectively with the opposite innerand outer faces of a brick, said arms being relatively resilientlyyieldable in a direction away from one another, so that thereby saidanchor member will be adapted to have a resilient gripping engagementwith different bricks which may vary in width, and a clip member carriedby the inner arm of said anchor member andadapted to hold a furringstrip at the inner face of the wall, said clip member having meansadapted to space the furring strip from the'inner face of the wall.

3. A furring clip comprising an anchor member adapted to be attached toa walland a clip member carried by the anchor member, said clip memberhaving a pair of opposed spaced arms projecting inwardly away from theinner face of the wall and adapted to receive a furring strip betweenthem, said arms having means providing for the spacing of the furringstrip variable distances from the inner face of the wall, said meanscomprising two spaced longitudinal series of apertures in each of saidopposed spaced arms so as thus to provide for the making of a butt jointbetween the ends of two longitudinally aligned furring strips.

4. A furring clip comprising an anchor member adapted to be attached toa wall and a 011!) member carried by the anchor member, said clip memberhaving a pair of opposed spaced arms projecting inwardly away from theinner face of the wall and adapted to receive a furring strip betweenthem, said arms having means providing for the spacing of the furringstrip variable distances from the inner face of the wall,

said clip member including an abutment for the furring strip adapted toassure a minimum spacing of the latter from the inner face of the wall,said means comprising two spaced longitudinal series of apertures ineach of said opposed spaced arms so as thus to provide for the making ofa butt joint between the ends of two longitudinally aligned furringstrips.

5. In a two-part furring clip, in combination, an anchor member adaptedto be embedded in the mortar between bricks or the like in a wall andhaving an end portion exposed at the inner face of the wall, saidexposed end portion being adapted to have a clip member mountedthereupon later, and a separate clip member adapted to be subsequentlymounted upon said exposed end portion of said previously embedded anchormember to project inwardly from the inner face of the wall and to hold afurring strip in spaced relation from the inner face of the wall, saidclip member having a pair of opposed spaced armsbetween which thefurring strip is to be received, said arms having means providing forthe spacing of the furring strip variable distances from the inner faceof the wall.

6. In a two-part furring clip, in combination, an anchor member adaptedto be embedded in the mortar between bricks or the like in awall andhaving an end portion exposed at the inner face of the wall, saidexposed end portion being adapted to have a clip member mountedthereupon later, and a separate clip member adapted to be subsequentlymounted upon said exposed end portion of said previously embedded anchormember to project inwardly from the inner face of the wall and to hold afurring strip in spaced relation from the inner face of the wall, saidclip member having a pair of opposed spaced arms between which thefurring strip is to be received, said clip member including an abutmentbetween its said opposed spaced arms to be abutted by the furring stripthereby to asrelation from the inner face of the wall, said clip I-member being mounted upon said anchor memher for adjustment relativethereto in a plane passing longitudinally through both of its said armsthereby providingfor the lateral alignment of a longitudinal series ofsaid clip members belonging to an unaligned longitudinal series of saidembedded anchor members.

8. In a. two-part furring clip, in combination, an anchormember adaptedto be embedded in the mortar between bricks or the like in a wall andexposed at the inner face of the latter, and

a separate clip memberadapted to be subsequently mounted upon saidembedded anchor member to project inwardly from the inner face of thewall and to hold a furring strip in spaced relation from the inner faceof the wall, said clip member having a pair of spaced arms between whichthe furring strip is to be received, said arms having means providingfor the spacing of the furring strip variable distances from the innerface of the wall, said clip member including an abutment between itssaid arms to be abutted by the furring strip thereby to assure a fixedminimum spacing of the latter from the inner face of the wall, said clipmember being mounted upon said anchor member for horizontal lateraladjustment relative thereto and with its said arms in horizontalalignment thereby providing for the vertical alignment of a verticalseries of said clip members belonging to an unaligned vertical series ofsaid embedded anchor members.

9. In a two-part furring clip, in combination, an anchor member having ahorizontally extended element adapted to be embedded in the mortarbetween the bricks or the like in a wall and having a resilientlyyieldable downwardly extending inner arm adapted to engage with andresiliently yield away from the inner face of the wall, and a separateclip member having a body portion adapted to be slipped behind said armand be pressed against the face of the wall by said resilient arm, saidbody portion having an element projecting inwardly therefrom away fromthe face of the wall and adapted to hold a furring strip, said arm andsaid body portion having interengaging means adapted to maintain saidclip member in mounted position on said anchor member.

10. In a two-part furring clip, in combination, an anchor member havinga horizontally extended element adapted to be embedded in the mortarbetween the bricks or the like in a wall and having a resilientlyyieldable downwardly extending inner arm adapted to engage with andresiliently yield away from the inner face of the wall, the lower end ofsaid arm having an upturned hook thereon at its back adjacent the faceof the wall, and a separate clip member having a body portion adapted tobe slipped behind said arm into engagement with its said hook and bepressed against the face of the wall by said resilient arm, the back ofsaid body portion having a plurality of projections thereon adapted toabut against the face of the wall, said body portion having an elementprojecting inwardly therefrom away from the face of the wall and adaptedto hold a furring strip.

11. In a two-part furring clip, in combination, an anchor member havinga horizontally extended element adapted to be embedded in the mortarbetween the bricks or the like in a wall and having a resilientlyyieldable downwardly extending inner arm adapted to engage with andresilientlyyield away from the inner face of the wall, the lower end ofsaid arm having an upturned hook thereon at its back adjacent the faceof the wall, and a separate clip member having a body portion adapted tobe slipped behind said arm into engagement with its said hook and bepressed against the face of the wall by said resilient arm, the back ofsaid body portion having a plurality of projections thereon adapted toabut against the face of the wall. said body portion having a pair ofspaced arms projecting inwardly therefrom away from the face of the walland adapted to receive and hold a furring strip between them, each ofsaid arms being provided longitudinally thereof with a series ofapertures opposed to and in the same means which provide for varying theextent of the spacing of a furring strip inwardly away from the innerface of the wall, said clip member including an abutment element spacedin- I wardly from its said body portion and adapted to be abutted by thefurring strip thereby to provide a positive minimum extent of spacing ofthe latter from the inner face of the wall.

12. In a furring clip device, in combination, an anchor member adaptedto be embedded in the mortar between the bricks or the like in a walland exposed at the inner face of the latter, a separate clip memberadapted to be subsequently mounted upon said embedded anchor member toproject inwardly away from the face of the wall, and an extension clipmember adapted to be mounted upon said clip member to project therefromand to hold a furring strip in spaced relation from the inner face ofthe wall.

13. In a furring clip device, in combination, an anchor member adaptedto be embedded in the mortar between the bricks or the like in a walland exposed at the inner face of the latter, a separate clip memberadapted to be subsequently mounted upon said embedded anchor member andhaving a pair of spaced arms which project inwardly away from the innerface of the wall, a U-shaped extension clip member the spaced arms ofwhich are adapted to have telescopic relation with the arms of said clipmember, the arms of said extension member being adapted to receive andhold a furring strip between them, and means providing for holding saidextension member upon said clip member at different positions oftelescopic adjustment thereon.

14. In a two-part furring clip, in combination, an anchor member havinga horizontally extended element adapted to be embedded in the mortarbetween the bricks or the like in a wall and having an inner armextending adjacent to the inner face of the wall, and a separatesubstantially U-shaped sheet metal clip member, the yoke portion ofwhich is adapted to be mounted upon said arm withthe sidearms of saidclip member projecting inwardly away from the face of the wall andadapted to receive and hold a furring strip between them, said arm ofthe anchor member and said yoke portion of the clip member havinginterengaging means adapted to maintain said clip member in mountedposition on said anchor member, the arms of said clip member having aplurality of perforations therein adapted to be utilized in holding thefurring strip at a variable spaced distance from the inner face of thewall.

15. In a two-part furring clip, in combination, an anchor member havinga horizontally extended element adapted to be embedded in the mortarbetween bricks or the like in a wall and having a resiliently yieldabledownwardly extending inner arm adapted to engage with and resilientlyyield away from the inner face of the wall, the lower end of said armhaving an upturned hook thereon at its back adjacent the face of thewall, and a substantially U-shaped sheet metal clip -member having ayoke portion adapted to he slipped behind said arm into engagement withits said hook and be pressed against the face of the wall by saidresilient arm, the back of said yoke portion having a plurality ofprojections thereon adapted to abut against the face of the wall, saidclip member being adapted to be thus mounted upon said anchor member forsliding -member arm.

horizontal lateral adjustment on said downwardly extending arm of thelatter with the side arms of said clip .mcmber then projecting away fromthe inner face of the wall in horizontal alignment with each other,abutment tongues struck inwardly toward each other from the side arms ofsaid clip member and thus providing slottedopenings extending from saidarms into said yoke portion, said openings providing for the mounting ofsaid clip member upon the arm of said anchor member with the side armsof said' clip member then in vertical alignment with each other and saidtongues providing a positive minimum extent of spacing of a furringstrip from the inner face of the wall, the arms of said clip memberhaving a plurality of perforations therein adapted to be utilized inholding the furring strip in a variablespaced relation from saidabutment tongues.

16. In a furring clip device, in combination, an anchor member having ahorizontally extended element adapted to be embedded in the mortarbetween the bricks or the like in a wall and having a downwardlyextending inner arm adjacent to the inner face of the wall, a separatesubstantially U-shaped sheet metal clip member the yoke portion of whichis adapted to be slipped behind said arm to be mounted upon said armwith the side arms of said clip member projecting inwardly away from theface of the wall, said arm of the anchor member and said yoke portion ofthe clip member having interengaging means adapted to maintain said clipmember in mounted position on said anchor member, the arms of said clipmember having a plurality of perforations therein, a substantiallyU-shaped' sheet metal extension clip member the side arms of which areflanged for telescopic relation with the side arms of said clip member,the arms of said extension clip member having a plurality ofperforations therein some of which are adapted to be utilized in holdinga furring strip, and a pin passing through aligned perforations in thearms of said clip member and said extension clip member for therebyholding said extension clip member upon said clip member at a selectedposition of telescopic adjustment thereon, the yoke portion of saidextension clip member having at its back opposed hooked lugs adapted tohave telescopic relation with one only of the arms of said clip memberwith the arms of said extension clip member then projecting laterallyaway from the clip 17. In a two-part furring clip, in combination, ananchor member having a horizontally extended element adapted to beembedded in the mortar between the bricks or the like in a wall andhaving a resiliently yieldable downwardly extended inner arm adapted toengage with and resiliently yield away from the inner face of the wall,the lower end of said arm having an upturned hook thereon at its backadjacent. the face of the wall, and a separate wire clip member having aframe portion which is adapted to be slipped behind said arm intoengagement with its said hook and be pressed against the face of thewall by said resilient arm, spaced side arms projecting from said frameinwardly away from the face of the wall, said side arms being formedwith a series of eyes longitudinally thereof adapted to be utilized inholding a furring strip between said arms at a variable'spaced distancefrom the inner face of the wall, said wire clip member having anabutment-forming cross bar extending between its arms and adapted to beabutted by the furring strip thereby to provide a positive minimumextent of spacing of the latter from the inner face of the wall.

18. In a two-part furring clip, in combination, an anchor member havinga horizontally extended element adapted to be embedded in the mortarbetween the bricks or the like in a wall and having a resilientlyyieldable downwardly extended inner arm adapted to engage with andresiliently yield away from the inner face of the wall, the lower end ofsaid arm having an upturned hook thereon at its back adjacent the faceof the wall, and a separate wire clip member having a frame portionwhich is adapted to he slipped behind said arm into engagement with itssaid hook and be pressed against the face of-the wall by said resilientarm, spaced side arms projecting from said frame inwardly away from theface of the wall, said side arms being formed with a series of eyeslongitudinally thereof adapted to be utilized in holding a furring stripbetween said arms at a variable spaced distance from the inner face ofthe wall.

19. In a two-part furring clip, in combination, an anchor member havinga horizontally extended element'adapted to be embedded in the mortarbetween the bricks or the like in a wall and having a against the faceof the wall by said resilient arm,-

said body portion having a pair of opposed spaced arms projectinginwardly therefrom away from i the face of the wall and adapted toreceive and hold a furring strip between them, each of said arms beingprovided longitudinally thereof with two spaced series of aperturesopposed to and in in the same plane with the respective series ofapertures in the other said arm, said series of apertures serving asmeans which provide for varying the extent of the spacing of a furringstrip inwardly away from the inner face of the wall, said two spacedseries of apertures providing for the making of a butt joint between theends of two longitudinally aligned furring strips.

20. In a two-part furring clip, in combination, an anchor member havinga horizontally extended element adapted to be embedded in the mortarbetween the bricks or the like in a wall and having an inner armextending adjacent to the inner face of the wall, and a separatesubstantially U- shaped sheet metal clip member, the yoke portion ofwhich is adapted to be mounted upon said arm with the opposed side armsof said clip member projecting inwardly away from the face of the walland adapted to receive and hold a furring strip between them, said armof the anchor member and said yoke portion of the clip member havinginterengaging means adapted to maintain said clip member in mountedposition on said anchor member, the opposed arms of said clip membereach having two spaced longitudinal series of perforations thereinadapted to be utilized in holding the furring strip at a variable spaceddistance from the inner face of the wall, said two spaced. series ofperforations providing for the making of a butt joint between the endsof two longitudinally aligned furring strips.

21. In a two-part furringclip, in combination, an anchor memberadaptedto be embedded in the mortar between bricks or the like in a wall andhaving an end portion exposed at the inner face of the wall, saidexposed end portion being adapted to have a clip member mountedthereupon later, and a'separate clip member adapted to be subsequentlymounted upon said exposed end portion of said previously embedded anchormember to project inwardly from the inner face of the wall and to hold afurring strip in spaced relation from the inner face of the wall, saidclip member having a pair of opposed spaccd'arms between which thefurring strip is to be received. said arms having means providing forthe spacing of the furring strip variable distances from the inner faceof the wall, said clip member including an abutment between its saidopposed spaced arms to be abutted by the furring strip thereby to assurea minimum spacing of the latter from the inner face of the wall.

22. In a two-part furring clip, in combination, an anchor member havinga horizontally extended element adapted to be embedded in the mortarbetween the bricks or the like in a wall and having a resilientlyyieldable, downwardly extending inner arm adapted to engage with andresiliently yield away from" the inner face of the wall, the lower endof said arm having an upturned hook thereon at its back adjacent theface of the wall, and a separate clip member having a body portionadapted to be slipped behind said arm into engagement with its said hookand be pressed against the face of the wall by said resilient arm, saidbody portion having an element projecting inwardly therefrom away fromthe face of the wall and adapted to hold a furring strip.

23. In a furring clip device, in combination, an anchor member adaptedto be embedded in the mortar between the bricks or the like in a walland exposed at the inner face of the latter, a separate clip memberadapted to be subsequently mounted upon said embedded anchor member andhaving a pair of spaced arms which project inwardly away from the innerface of the wall, a U-shaped extension clip member the spaced arms ofwhich are adapted to have telescopic relation with the arms of said clipmember, the yoke portion of said extension clip member being adapted tohave telescopic relation with one only of the arms of said clip memberwith the arms of said extension clip member then projecting laterallyaway from said clip member arm, the arms of said extension member beingadapted to receive and hold a furring strip between them, and meansproviding for holding said extension member upon said clip member atdifferent positions of telescopic adjustment thereon.

24. In a two-part furring clip, in combination,

an anchor member having a horizontally extended element adapted to beembedded in the mortar between the bricks or the like in a wall andhaving a downwardly extending inner arm adjacent to the inner face ofthe wall, and a separate substantially U-shaped sheet metal clip memberthe yoke portion of which is adapted to be slipped behind said arm to bemounted upon raid arm with the side arms of said clip member projectinginwardly away from the face of the wall and adapted to receive and holda furring strip between them, said arm of the anchor memher and saidyoke portion of the clip member having interengaging means adapted tomaintain said clip member in mounted position on said anchor member, thearms of said clip member having a plurality of perforations thereinadapted-to be utilized in holding the furring strip at a variable spaceddistance from the inner face of the wall, the side arms of said clipmember being provided with slotted openings through them immediatelyadjacent its said yoke portion and through which said arm of the anchormember is adapted to pass and thereby providing for the mounting of saidclip member upon said anchor member with the side arms of the clipmember in vertically spaced relation or with these side arms inhorizontally spaced relation as may be desired.

25. In a. furring clip device, in combination, an anchor member, havinga horizontally extended element adapted to be embedded in the mortarbetween the bricks or the like in a wall and having a downwardlyextending inner arm adjacent to the inner face of the wall, a separatesubstantially U-shaped sheet metal clip' member the yoke portion ofwhich is adapted to he slipped behind said arm to be mounted upon saidarm with the side arms of said clip member projecting inwardly away fromthe face of the wall, said arm of the anchor member and said yokeportion of the clip member having interengaging means adapted tomaintain said clip member in mounted position on said anchor member,.the arms of said clip member having a plurality of perforationstherein, a substantially U-shaped sheet metal extension clip member theside arms of which are flanged for telescopic relation with the sidearms of said clip member, the arms of said extension clip member havinga plurality of perforations therein some of which are adapted to beutilized in holding a furring strip, and a pin passing through alignedperforations in the arms of said clip member and said extension clipmember for thereby holding said extension clip member upon said clipmember at a selected position of telescopic adjustment thereon.

LEWIS INGLEE.

